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Education
For Gaza’s Students, Exams Are Far More Than a Test. They Are Hope for a Future.
My brother — along with 27,000 others — managed to take his high school exams despite years of shelling and starvation.
If Trump Sells Student Loan Portfolio, Avenues of Debt Cancellation Could Close
Privatizing student loan debt would mean less protection for debtors, more suffering, and fewer paths to relief.
Lawsuit Charges That CA Law Illegally Muzzles Students and Teachers on Palestine
The new law conflates criticism of Zionism with antisemitism and punishes educators for teaching truthful information.
Repression of Palestine Solidarity on Campus Enabled Anti-Migrant Escalation
Faculty are forming support networks to connect with each other to protect students and end the genocide in Palestine.
Fired for “Crime” of Speaking at Socialism Summit, Texas Professor Speaks Out
Professor Tom Alter is appealing to Texas’s Board of Regents after being temporarily reinstated and then fired again.
GOP Wants to Mandate “Fetal Development Education.” It’s Anti-Abortion Nonsense.
Republicans can’t seem to convince adults to vote against abortion, so they’re trying to brainwash kids instead.
Anti-Union, Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Behind Tim Walberg and His Show Trials
Rep. Tim Walberg’s weaponization of antisemitism neatly fulfills his donors’ agenda against unions and public education.
NYC Public Schools System Defies Trump Anti-Trans Demands, Files Lawsuit
This defiance stands in sharp contrast to the elite institutions that have capitulated under federal funding threats.
MIT Becomes First School to Reject Trump’s “Loyalty Oath” for Higher Education
Eight other schools have been invited to sign the pledge, which critics have called a funding “extortion” agreement.
Activists Who Want to Dismantle Public Schools Now Run the Education Department
Top adviser Lindsey Burke is lead author of the education section in Project 2025’s agenda for Trump’s administration.